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Speaker 1: I'll start to you want to present Off the Bench

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with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

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Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and t Bob aber

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the pitch. Now here's Jacob Hester and t Bob a Bear.

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Speaker 3: Welcome into our number two Tuesday edition of Off the Bench.

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Taylor Sharp sitting in the big boy chair for Jacob

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Vester and t Bob ay There very unique weather report

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we just got there. Guys, I know it sounded exactly

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like me. It actually was that, Jordan, Is that your

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me impression?

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Speaker 2: It started off, as you know, it started off as

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a tailor. Now I've kind of, you know, added a

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little bit of extra pizzazz to it. You know. First

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when I first did the first time, I was trying

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to be you. It's almost like surfer dude, b Yeah,

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Cludie with a chance and be balls guys.

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Speaker 4: White guy boy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes us call it what it is.

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Speaker 4: Thinking.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm sitting there thinking is that just a white

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guy voice who's out of me?

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Speaker 5: Because I don't really sound like it.

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Speaker 4: Was at first.

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Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong, Yes it was.

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Speaker 6: Yes, it was because you like townsour or something, and

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we were like, are you gonna do Taite's intro and

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are you gonna sound like Taitu when you do it?

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And it started off as you and now.

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Speaker 4: It's just.

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Speaker 3: Because well it's it's just a lot more like surfer

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Stone of vibes than then I would typically give off.

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I appreciate, I think it's funny. And just like I

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was making sure, I was like.

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Speaker 4: Is that me?

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Speaker 5: Do I need to reevaluate things?

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Speaker 3: Okay, alright, look our number two here, we're gonna hit

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a lot of football here. We previewed Lashue baseball in

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that last segment. I want to start things right now

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with some New Orleans Saints. So there have been conflicting reports.

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So a reporter by the name that Tony Pauline wrote

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an article over the weekend saying that I'm told the

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New Orleans Saints are considering releasing thirty two year old

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safety Tyron Matthew, who has one year left on his deal.

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That is all Pauline wrote on the topic. He had

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no elaboration on why the Saints could make this decision,

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but Tyron Matthew got wind of it and let me

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just point this out though, here's why it doesn't make a.

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Speaker 5: Ton of sense.

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Speaker 3: Matthew's contract is laid out to where it would actually

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cost the Saints more money to cut him than to

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keep it. Using that post June one designation wouldn't help

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the Saints get under the salary cap in this situation.

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I know you hear about that a lot. You're like, okay, well,

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if you cut him post June one, you can save

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ten million x amount of dollars on your salary cap.

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It's actually going to cost the Saints to cut him,

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so it doesn't really make a lot of sense to

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begin with. However, Tyron Matthew certainly got word of it,

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and he said, don't believe all the hype. Slow newsday.

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He tweeted out five oh four for life. So my

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thing is, with or without Tyron Matthew, the Saints need

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another safety. You're gonna let Tyrn Matthew play out the

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final year of his deal. I'm good with that. He

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is thirty two years old, he has lost a step

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that's understandable. Who would be a possible replacement for him

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in the future, because right now, outside of Tyron Matthew,

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you have one safety on the roster, and it's Jordan Howden,

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and he didn't have the best of seasons.

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Speaker 5: I went to spow track.

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Speaker 3: It brings up the NFL free agencies coming up in

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twenty twenty five. I wanted to look at the upcoming

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unrestricted free agents and whether or not the Saints should

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go after. I got three names. I certainly have thoughts

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on them. I'm gonna get Jordan's opinion on this as well.

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The first name that I am going to throw out

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is a name that was thrown out a lot this

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time last year. It's Justin Simmons. Sixty two tackles last year,

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two interceptions for Atlanta. The issue I have with Justin Simmons,

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first off, he's about to be thirty two years old,

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so you don't really solve your youth problem. You're just

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bringing in another old safety next to tire Matthew. Also,

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he made seven and a half a million dollars last year,

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so he's too expensive.

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Speaker 5: With the Saints.

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Speaker 3: You cannot overpay really at any position for older players

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because you're still in cap hill. I like Justin Simmons

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as a player. I think he had a really nice

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season for the Falcons. He had a nice safety duo

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out there in Atlanta. I just don't see the Saints

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making this move strictly because again, you have that seven

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and a half million dollar contract. I'm assuming he's gonna

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want something at least similar, maybe in the five to

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six million dollar range, because he.

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Speaker 5: Had a good season.

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Speaker 3: It's not like he's coming off of a bad injury

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or off of a down year.

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Speaker 2: Man, I forget him.

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Speaker 5: So you're you're saying no to Justin Simmons.

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Speaker 2: Definitely saying no to Justine Simmons.

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Speaker 5: I am as well.

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Speaker 2: Well, you're saying it for you know, the money thing.

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I first of all, he wined and dined with the

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Saints at first and then winning skipped down with the Falcons.

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Justice Simms, get out of here. I'm old.

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Speaker 3: I knew you were gonna say that. I'm I'm gonna

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say no because.

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Speaker 2: Wind and dined with us for a whole week, Like,

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oh we can Justin Simmons. Next thing you know, he's

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on the first flight to Atlanta. Get him out of here, Jordan.

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Speaker 5: It's all about the money, by it's all about the money.

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They paid him seven and a half million dollars.

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Speaker 3: The Sames couldn't do that because you've been in Capital

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for six years now. He's too expensive and It doesn't

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really solve your age problem because he's only like six

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months younger than Tyrn Matthew. He's about to be he'll

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be thirty two years old halfway through next season. The

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other name I wanted to point out to you is

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Talanoa Hufanga. Okay, you'll remember him from the forty nine ers. Yes,

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so the issue with Hufanga hu Fenga is coming off

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back to back season inding injuries. Yeah, in twenty twenty three,

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he tore his ACL after ten games.

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Speaker 2: Off a juke. Somebody juked them out of his a cl.

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Speaker 3: He did have three interceptions that year. Last year only

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played seven games. He had ligament problems in his wrist

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that they shut him down for the entire year. You

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remember the forty nine ers were a mess last year.

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I mean basically their entire team outside of brock Party

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missed like half the season. However, in twenty twenty two,

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his last season, playing a full seventeen games, he was awesome.

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Ninety seven tackles. He had four interceptions, one of which

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he returned for a fifty two yard touchdown. He was

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a Pro bowler in twenty twenty two, which was his

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last full season of football. Also, he's only twenty six

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years old. And if you want to go look at

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his contract and say, okay, well what does this do

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for the Saints financially?

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Speaker 5: Last with the he got paid less.

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Speaker 3: Than a million dollars a year with the forty nine

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ers because he was still on his rookie deal. This

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is a guy that's young, that's affordable. The only issue

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is he's coming off back to back season ending injuries.

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he was a Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 2: I think it was all Pro too.

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Speaker 5: Yes, her Nea Hufanga.

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Speaker 2: Oh, definitely no. And you know you have injury problems

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you coming down here. You know injurie problems don't get

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worse like the Saints and the Pelicans. The medical staff can't.

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They can't save a boo boo. So he's already he's damaged.

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I gouts call him Damn's good because he's still a

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great player. I think if he goes to the right

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team that has you know, adequate that can you know

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work with him. Yes, but you know, we just had

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Dennis Aden to get fired for him to start doing

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dynamic warm ups. They wasn't even warming up before practicing

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the games before Rizzy became the head coach. So I

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don't know what the same is. So you got injurie proms.

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Please stay away. This is not what we don't need you.

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Speaker 4: Okay.

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Speaker 3: Final name, Yes, this is a name that everyone knows.

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This is a name that I believe everyone can get behind.

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How about Damar Hamlin.

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Speaker 2: I love it?

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Speaker 5: So look I get it.

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Speaker 3: Demor Hamlin went from a great story and he was

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a guy that was kind of a relative unknown when

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his when his injury happened on the field.

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Speaker 5: But he's turned into a really good player. Look at

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what Damar Hamlin did.

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Speaker 4: A year ago.

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Speaker 3: Damar Hamlin had eighty nine total tackles. He had two interceptions.

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He started fourteen games in one of the best secondaries

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in the NFL and on a top ten defense. He's

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only twenty six years old, and last season, Damar Hamlin

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made nine hundred and ten thousand dollars because he was

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an undrafted rookie and he was on an undrafted rookie contract.

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Even if you pay him two million dollars, he's more

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than doubling his money. Again, he's twenty six years old.

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He'll be twenty seven by the time the season starts,

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he's shown that he's fully recovered from his hard issue.

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He played all he played in fifteen games this year started,

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every single one of them, played really well in the playoffs,

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and again he was the anchor on the back end

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of a top ten defense in the NFL.

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Speaker 5: Can I interest you Intmar Hamlin?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm all in, baby. Look, I know I'm gonna

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sound like a hypocriticse I was talking about injuries and

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this guy kind of died.

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Speaker 5: This is a different kind of injury thought.

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Speaker 2: This guy is anointed from the Lord. This guy was

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brought back to life on a football field. So if

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anybody loved and he still plays, anybody loves the game,

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is DeMar Hamlin. The Saints need more people out there

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that love the game. So yes.

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Speaker 3: So those are kind of the three guys I wanted

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to highlight in free agency and look obviously for different reasons. Right,

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they all have their own issues, but they all have

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a lot of things to like about him as well.

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Justin Simmons, a little too old, a little bit too expensive.

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Hufenga an excellent player, a top ten safety when he's

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fully healthy. He hasn't been fully healthy in two seasons now.

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Tamar Hamlin certainly had the hard issue when he went

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into cardiac arrest. However, he seems to have been fully

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recovered from that. He's on the cheaper side. He's only

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twenty seven years old. A lot to like about those guys,

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and I think they're all gettable because look, they all

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have their certain issues. Can the Saints work with those issues.

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Here's the other thing I want to look at. Let

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us know rookies coming up in this NFL draft. So

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Malachi Starks is going to be a first round pick

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right now, he is the only safety projected to go

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in the first round. I'm not saying the Saints should

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draft him with their first round pick, but look, when

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you look at Malachi Starks in his three year career

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at Georgia, one hundred and ninety seven tackles, six interceptions. Again,

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he's likely a first round pick. If you fall in

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love with this guy, I wouldn't mind it, because I

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think you have a desperate need at safety. But I

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don't think they're going to do that round one, just

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because this is a very very deep safety class. Let

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me explain Xavier Watts. We all know the name the

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safety out of Notre Dame one of the best defenses

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in college football. He absolutely put on a show in

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the College Football Playoff. One hundred and eighty eight tackles

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in his college career, thirteen interceptions, six interceptions last season

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for one of the top five defenses in all of

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college football. He was a staple on that Notre Dame defense.

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He's coached by Marcus Freeman, so you know he's well coached.

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He should also be there in round two when you

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get to pick, because right now he's projected as like

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the forty fifth, forty six over all player on most

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teams big boards. If teams don't reach for safeties Xavier Watts,

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if he's drafted where he's listed right now, that's right

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around where the Saints are going to be in round

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Speaker 5: Another guy I want to look at Nick m and worry.

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Speaker 3: He's a guy that's been rising up draft boards. He

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was incredible at the combine. He's from South Carolina, Ulus

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You fans may know him. He is the one that

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threw the blind side block on Garrett Nelsemeyer that got

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the interception of return for a touchdown called back ultimately

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out old.

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Speaker 2: Well hold On Taylor. You can't say that now because now, no,

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I don't like him. I was liking him till you

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told me that.

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Speaker 3: Look, yeah, you gotta take the good with the bat

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with all these guys. Oh man, he is a freek athlete,

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though he's a freak. He had in three seasons at

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South Carolina two hundred and forty four tackles, six interceptions.

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He's also six three, two and twenty two pounds out

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in the safety position. You can move him in the

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box if you need to. You can play him around

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the line of scrimmage. Again, he has six interceptions. He

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has the coverage skills to play on the back end

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as well. He is rocketing up draft boards, but right

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now he is still considered a second round pick. He's

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a guy that could also be there when the Saints

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are picking early in the second round. The last guy

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I want to mention, kind of the polar opposite size

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wise from Nick Emm and Woriy Billy Bowman from Oklahoma. Look,

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I get it, Oklahoma's defense wasn't very good. Billy Bowman

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was Billy Bowman. One hundred and eighty eight tackles, eleven

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interceptions in four years. Is Brent Vinnible is a good

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head football coach. I certainly do not think so, but

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he is a hell of a defensive coach. Now, Billy

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Bowman a little bit on the smaller side. He's five

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to ten, he's one hundred and eighty eight pounds. But

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if you need a guy roaming in the back end

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and you want to play Tyed Matthew closer to the

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line of scrimmage, Billy Bowman fits what you want to

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do if you're looking for that deep safety. Now, he

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didn't have the versatility of an emm And Worry or

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an Xavier Watts, but the guy could cover with the

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best ulp. He also had six and a half tackles

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for a loss at Oklahoma, so he can come up

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and make tackles. He's a surefire player on the back

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end of a defense. He played in the SEC this

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past year and he was really good. I mean, look,

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all the hype was on Danny Stutsman, the linebacker at

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Oklahoma coming into this year, and rightfully so. He was

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a preseason All American. Danny Stutsman had a good year.

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He's a heck of a player. For my money, Billy

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Bowman was the best player on the Oklahoma Sooners defense.

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I don't really think it was particularly close. He kept

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them in a lot of games. He was the reason that,

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you know, teams like Tennessee had trouble throwing the ball

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on them because Billy Bowman is so fast on that

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back end. He can cover a lot of ground. I

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love all three of these guys I just brought up.

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I like Malachai Starks as well. Problem is the same,

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They're going to have to use a top ten pick

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if they want to take a guy like Malakai Starks.

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I just don't think they're going to do that. I

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actually would not hate if they did do it, because again,

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I think there's a big need there. I just don't

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see him doing that with guys like Xavier Watts, nick

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Him and worry Billy Bowman coming up in the second

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and third rounds of this draft.

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Speaker 5: This is a deep safety class.

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Speaker 3: So even if you don't land a DeMar Hamlin, who

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fenga Justin Simmons and free agency, there are a lot

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of really solid options in this rookie class. All Right,

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we're going to take a quick time out. When we

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get back, get your questions in the YouTube chat. It's

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time for OTB Mailbag. We'll hit it on the other

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side here on off the bench.

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Speaker 1: Off the bench, Welcome in to the best morning sports

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this show around off the Bench with Esther and t Bob.

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Speaker 3: I think we should just spend an entire segment playing

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Lincoln Park. I absolutely love Lincoln Park a laundra the

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music has been on point today, thank you.

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Speaker 5: What's the theme? Kind of TATA again?

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Speaker 3: Is alternative rock, though today kind of seems more of Look,

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I'm enjoying it. You were, you were nailing it. I

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don't even know if I told you I loved with

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Lincoln Park. But I vibe, I give up, I do

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give off the vibe. Okay, I'm actually gotta give us

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our first question. Let's go ahead and hop in right now.

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O TB Mailbag, I help this.

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Speaker 7: Special delivery off the bench and look it is more

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most urgent you the internet?

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Speaker 2: What the is the internet?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 3: The first mailbag question comes from me hashtag OTB Mailbag.

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Everyone in the room, what is your favorite King cake flavor?

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Speaker 6: Ummm, the one with cream cheese filling.

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Speaker 5: Okay, should just standard cream cheese feling.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Jordan, We'll have a cinnamon traditional.

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Speaker 5: Cheese you're an unfilled king.

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Speaker 3: Okay, guys, listen all the Louisiana and yeah, exactly, exactly.

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Speaker 2: Yoe, what is going on here? Eight in the morning.

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Speaker 5: Fill me up, look, laundrights the cream. Jordan doesn't. Jordan,

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let me explain to you why you're wrong.

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay, yes.

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Speaker 3: Listen, all the Marty girl purists are gonna come after

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me and be like, you have to have the traditional

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kin cake. A traditional kingcake unfilled is a crappy cinnamon roll.

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Speaker 5: That's exactly what it is. The no you can have.

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Speaker 3: You can have the best ones, man, because filling is

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always better than no filling. The answer is quite clearly.

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Strawberry cream cheese. It gives you a little bit of fruit.

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It gives you the cream cheese option. You got the

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icing on top as well. It makes the inside of

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the cake a lot more moist than the dry unfilled

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traditional keencakes. Is some kind of Philly enjoy you're filling.

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Lauder likes the regular cream cheese. I go the strawberry

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cream cheese. It is not traditional unfilled under any circumstance.

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Speaker 8: Give me.

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Speaker 2: Those are just not good keencakes. After like a day

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after a day and you're.

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Speaker 5: Not getting the right ones. No, man, I can go.

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Speaker 3: Get a strawberry cream cheese kancake and eat on it

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for a week, no question about it.

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Speaker 2: You e you.

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Speaker 3: OTB mailbag, Well you do a beer run for fat Tuesday.

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No beer run today, guys, I don't even know what's open, okay, Like, honestly,

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the three of us and Hunt Palmer are the only

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ones in this building right now.

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Speaker 5: So half of the building is off today. I don't

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even know what's open.

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Speaker 3: There's also one gas station in our vicinity here at

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government streets, so if the shove around down the streets

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are not open, we can't even really make a beer run.

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So no, no beer run today. I love the spirit,

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I love the enthusiasm.

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Speaker 5: Bad day to do it?

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Speaker 2: Here to fund it?

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Speaker 5: So, oh, TV Mailbag.

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Speaker 6: Just bop fund the beer runs. Just goes and buys it.

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Speaker 2: Oh, he gave you the money the one time I went.

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So I ain't gonna lie, but you might want to.

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Speaker 5: I want to first, First off, you went on one.

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He went on one? Yeah, yeah, T Bop gave you

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the money to go on a beer run.

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Speaker 4: Change.

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Speaker 3: I probably spent sixty dollars on beer runs.

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Speaker 5: I probably spent sixty dollars on beer runs.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, you might want to send it. Fine's coming up, man,

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you need that.

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Speaker 5: I'm a give write it off. I'm a given right.

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Speaker 2: No, that's true.

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Speaker 5: It is a work expense.

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Speaker 2: It's work expense.

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Speaker 5: Yes, I even helped him.

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Speaker 3: I even helped him, put him in the freaking cooler

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in his office.

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Speaker 2: Taylor, they got you in video doing it. Do you

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have video evidence of you doing it?

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Speaker 5: Twice? Twice twice? Yes, get your thirty bucks each.

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Speaker 3: No, No, they were like, well, because I got us

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the twenty four they were about they.

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Speaker 5: Were twenty one. It was about twenty one. It was

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probably forty two.

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Speaker 2: Bus He spent sixty dollars, told him he needs, he needs,

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he needs.

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Speaker 5: He let him the change. He's sixties, sixties a little

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high it was.

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Speaker 3: It was probably like forty two to forty five, somewhere

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in there in my boy's coins. Yeah, okay, here's one

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OTB mailback. Will Jordan go on a monster run for Taylor? Okay,

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so there's no monster today. We went the super manly

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pink condition.

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Speaker 5: Of the Red Band. Today it's new.

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Speaker 3: It's called wild berries plural, not just your normal wild

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berry I give it like maybe a six point five

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out of ten.

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Speaker 5: Not great.

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Speaker 3: Okay, here's one that I actually have the perfect answer to,

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but I want to hear yells first.

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Speaker 5: Hashtag go TV mailback.

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Speaker 3: This comes from Bilbo nam An l s U supporting

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event you want to attend but have not attended yet.

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Speaker 6: Like this question a gymnastics meet hold out you have.

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Speaker 5: Explains that.

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Speaker 3: Look, women's basketball is rolling right now under Kim Molki.

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I understand that the most electric it has ever been

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in the p MAC. Yeah, gymnastics needs no question about it.

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Three experiences in the p MAC are all gymnastics.

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Speaker 2: Y I would love to go.

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Speaker 6: I just and the women's bass. I don't go too

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many sporting events unless it's like football. I have to

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be there, but like when.

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Speaker 5: It's easier, like football is always on a Saturday. It's

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like six times out of the year. Yeah, the home game.

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Speaker 6: I get that we're always working so like it's hard

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to get out there. But I would love to go

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to a gym meet.

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Speaker 2: Oh man, mine is easy. I would love to go

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to the box. I've never been to the I've never

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been to LSU baseball game. I always see it from afar.

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I want to like tailgate and like go to the game.

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Speaker 5: We have tickets here all the time.

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Speaker 4: We got to go.

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Speaker 2: Jordan, Oh yeah, well, like I've never been to night.

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That's good tonight. I ain't gonna go tonight Tomorrow night.

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What was the weekend series?

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Speaker 5: Sounds like Ordan doesn't really want to go.

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Speaker 2: I want to go. I want to go on like

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a like a I want to catch like a Friday.

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You know it's Friday. We out you at the box

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like we lit, like the games look lit.

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Speaker 5: And also midweeks not even close to weekend.

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Speaker 2: I tell them, yeah, yeah, I want to get to

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like I wanted to be litt I want to tailgate.

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You know I'm out there, you know, eating a hot dog,

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crushing some beers. If you about to go to the game,

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Like yes, I would love that. I want to go

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Speaker 3: So my answer, which I've actually brought this up to

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Victoria in the last week and we're going to go.

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Speaker 5: I want to go to an LSU beach volleyball meet.

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Speaker 3: They seem awesome and how they do it so like

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they'll do it on a Saturday. They'll do like a

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ten thirty am, three o'clock in the afternoon and like

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a six thirty p m. So you could really pick

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what time of day you want to go. We're going

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to go do this. They're on the road till like

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March twenty eighth, but I'm actually I'm not missing any work,

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but I'm actually out of town that weekend early April.

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Me and Victoria actually go into a beach volleyball event.

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I hear they're awesome. They pack it out because they're

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really good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you can kind of s Thenalympics.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can kind of stand round on the little pavilion,

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or you can go sit in the bleachers.

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Speaker 5: It looks awesome.

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Speaker 3: That is That is actually one that I want to

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go do and will go do. Okay hashtag OTB mailbag.

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Should OTB do a tailgate?

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Speaker 5: Yes?

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Speaker 6: Actually so I think we're gonna do a watch party

473
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for whenever we open up SEC play versus Missouri. So

474
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I don't think that might be a home series. But

475
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if you're not gonna make it out to the game,

476
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it's gonna be at Elite. More details to come once

477
00:21:35,279 --> 00:21:36,400
the Boys get back, but.

478
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Speaker 3: Well it would have to be for baseball to football

479
00:21:38,759 --> 00:21:41,440
is a friggin' madhouse. You can't even find space to

480
00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,119
It would have to be baseball to your point.

481
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Speaker 6: Yeah, so yeah, a watch party is.

482
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Speaker 2: Coming up, regardless if it's a tailgate to the game,

483
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I will be I have to go to the box, like,

484
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,759
there's no way, it's just too lit. It just looks

485
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:54,319
so lit. I just have never been.

486
00:21:54,799 --> 00:21:58,519
Speaker 3: Never hashtag OTB mail bag. When is the last time

487
00:21:58,599 --> 00:21:59,880
you have checked your mailbox?

488
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,039
Speaker 5: Two days ago? I checked my mailbox about twice a week.

489
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I mean two days ago.

490
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Speaker 6: It's right outside my door, so every day you check.

491
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 5: It every day? That is honestly very responsible.

492
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,839
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's like right outside my door, like one year again. Yeah,

493
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so I see it every day.

494
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Speaker 3: I know one of those houses where it's like, so

495
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,079
I don't live on a busy street, but the mailbox

496
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,519
is across the street.

497
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Speaker 5: And it does kind of suck.

498
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Speaker 3: Yeah, twice a week, three times a week depending. Sometimes

499
00:22:24,759 --> 00:22:26,839
Victoria will order something without telling me and be like,

500
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can you go check the mailbox, And I'm like, there's

501
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,880
clearly there's going to be like three packages in this mailbox.

502
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So unless I know something's coming in, yeah, two or

503
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three times a week, I mean every other day.

504
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Speaker 5: I think that's see. I think that's a reasonable amount.

505
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Speaker 2: The problem is I worked at the post office before

506
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,880
doing this, so I'm kind of like traumatized into being

507
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on them because I used to hate delivering somebody's mail

508
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,160
and they're not checking the mail and it's just like

509
00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:51,720
stacked up. So dude, that's the worst. It's the worst,

510
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,440
and you gotta like throw it on this. It's regard.

511
00:22:53,519 --> 00:22:55,200
I hate people that didn't ever check their mail. So

512
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I'm like, I'm like Stockholm syndrome to checking my mail.

513
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I just love it. Now have to all right?

514
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,279
Speaker 3: Final question, This one comes from T Bob's chest hair

515
00:23:04,839 --> 00:23:07,680
shout out hashtag otb mailbag.

516
00:23:07,279 --> 00:23:09,839
Speaker 5: And I what y'all missed the most in the studio?

517
00:23:10,319 --> 00:23:11,119
Absolutely not.

518
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 2: Now we missed the knee Bob's knee.

519
00:23:16,839 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 5: Us have a page as well.

520
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't know, not trying to make y'all beat.

521
00:23:20,279 --> 00:23:22,319
Speaker 3: No, T Bob's chest. There is not what I missed

522
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,759
the most Bobs chest. There is not something I even

523
00:23:24,839 --> 00:23:27,920
think about. But really, ever until this exact moment, No,

524
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,440
absolutely not.

525
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Speaker 2: Whe's tee Bob's beard. We need a T Bobs beer

526
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:32,599
in the chat you.

527
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Speaker 3: Do need a T Bubbs beer. But Jake's got one too,

528
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,160
so then they gotta have it. It takes up a lot,

529
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all right, Look, that's going to do it for OTB

530
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,880
mail bag. When we get back, we're gonna be joined

531
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by Jason Legerne of grid roon football or we're gonna

532
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continue our preview of l s U Spring Football Day

533
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,480
or on the practice field on March eighth. So this

534
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upcoming Saturday, we'll hear from Jason on the other side

535
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here on Off the Bench.

536
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Speaker 9: Off the Bench Boudros Electrical dot com, but also just

537
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538
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Speaker 8: There's no four stars, there's no three stars, there's no

541
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two stars. Speaking of recruiting, it's only five stars. And

542
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we did this i'd say three weeks ago, and it

543
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544
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545
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546
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Speaker 8: They've been doing this for so long, and you know

547
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548
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549
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550
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551
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552
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553
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554
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Speaker 4: More Power, more Protection.

555
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Speaker 1: Welcome in to the best morning sports this show around

556
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,440
Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob.

557
00:24:58,039 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 3: I want going to go before the Beat dropped a

558
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,559
long welcome back in to Off the Bench, Taylor Trumpery

559
00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:06,519
with you hilling in for Jacob Hester and t Bob Abart.

560
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,400
All right, we're going back to LSU football. They will

561
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,400
be on the practice field coming up this weekend. Uh

562
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,319
spring football about the kickoff and for that, we're going

563
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,720
to be joined by Jace Lejern of grit Arn't football, Jase,

564
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:18,599
what's going on this morning?

565
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:18,799
Speaker 1: Man?

566
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,839
Speaker 7: Nothing much, Budd was going on on Taylor, not a

567
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:22,599
whole lot.

568
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:22,839
Speaker 6: Uh.

569
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Speaker 3: You know, you're kind of leaving me out to drive

570
00:25:24,839 --> 00:25:27,640
this coming Friday night, But you know what, it's payback.

571
00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:31,119
I missed the baseball game last Friday night, you're missing

572
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,799
it this Friday. But uh, look we got we got

573
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:36,960
the chit chat this week and Nonethe last Jace. When

574
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spring practice starts, just kind of overall, whether it's a

575
00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:43,720
specific player, position group, whatever, what is the biggest thing

576
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,680
you're going to be watching during spring practice?

577
00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:49,799
Speaker 7: Well, the biggest thing is actually probably the biggest storyline

578
00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:53,759
heading into spring practice Taylor, and that's really the defensive

579
00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:58,240
long because Chu has been looking for really that constant

580
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,720
presence at defensive line since Brian Kelly's really gotten here

581
00:26:01,799 --> 00:26:04,880
for a defensive line coach, and I believe with Jacoby

582
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,759
and Gilry, I think he's with a seven different defensive

583
00:26:07,759 --> 00:26:10,039
line coach he's going to work under since he's been

584
00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:13,039
here at LSU. So that's really the biggest storyline. You

585
00:26:13,079 --> 00:26:15,039
thought you had that with Bo Davis and you know,

586
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one of the best out there in the entire country,

587
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,400
and now you want to have to find a replacement

588
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,440
for him heading to spring football. Is the things grabbed

589
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,559
him away. So that's going to be the biggest storyline

590
00:26:24,559 --> 00:26:27,000
for me because you have a lot of new pieces

591
00:26:27,039 --> 00:26:30,640
on the defensive line, especially when he edges, so really

592
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,880
looking at who the defensive line coach is going to

593
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,920
be and who's scoring wre we work with these guys,

594
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hopefully we get an announcement pretty soon about that. But

595
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that's really the biggest thing. I really got my eye

596
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out on how on who is going to be and

597
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,000
how he works with with the these guys or in

598
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the spring.

599
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Speaker 3: As far as the UH spring practice goes, LSU is

600
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bringing in a heck of a lot of transfers that

601
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will be on the practice field coming up here shortly.

602
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,680
As far as top transfers to keep an eye on,

603
00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:58,720
who are you gonna be looking at.

604
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm definitely going to be keeping my eye on.

605
00:27:01,839 --> 00:27:06,319
I on Patrick Payton obviously, the defensive end transfer from

606
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Florida State, arguably the top gym. We talked about this

607
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,319
transfer poorer class for LSU. That was a huge git

608
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for the Tigers to get him in and UH and

609
00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:19,200
especially as a position to neat. I mean, you lose

610
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both your defensive ends from last year, which was a

611
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really a strength of this team last year. We talked

612
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,720
about how well Brandon Swinton and Savion Jones played last year,

613
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So I'm looking at him on the defensive side of

614
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the football. And LSU also got a couple other defensive

615
00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:38,160
end transfers to as well, one from Nebraska, one from

616
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Florida too. So I mean looking at those two guys

617
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too offensively, you know, the wide receivers are going to

618
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be something.

619
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Speaker 4: To watch out for.

620
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Speaker 7: Barrion Brown. I thought that was a big pick up

621
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for LSU from Kentucky because he does a lot of

622
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,200
really good things, and especially he's been so successful as

623
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a kickoff return return specialists for the Wildcats. See what

624
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,599
he can do as well give you an extra dimensional

625
00:28:03,759 --> 00:28:07,240
special teams on the offensive side of the football. Aloshue's

626
00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:09,839
got playmakers all over the field, so see where he's

627
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,920
seeing where he fits. I'm gonna be very intrigued. And

628
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,440
now that's gonna be an interesting uh. I mean basically

629
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battles there too, because you have like three capable guys

630
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that could bring it into the house w any given

631
00:28:20,759 --> 00:28:24,039
play where it's Barrion Brown, Davion Thomas, we've seen him

632
00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:26,599
do that, especially in the bowl game, and Aaron Erson.

633
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So I'm very intrigued to see how he fits them all.

634
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Speaker 3: I mean, you look, you just you just brought up

635
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the receivers and you know that's that's one of the

636
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,880
quote unquote battles in the spring that brings me right

637
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,359
into it, like position battles for our issue, whether it's receiver,

638
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,440
whether it's that cornerback spot safety is up for grabs,

639
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,200
like what spot are you watching?

640
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,359
Speaker 5: As far as position battles, I actually totally.

641
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Speaker 7: Agree with you on the first two. You said, micha

642
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,079
literally wide receiver in cornerback, I mean wide receiver. You

643
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,759
always know that the talents always there for l Isshue

644
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and it is still heed. I mean, you have a

645
00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:04,839
pretty good mix of experienced guys, whether it's Aaron Anderson,

646
00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:09,359
Xavion Thomas, Chris Hilton, and especially if Chris Hilton, that's

647
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,200
always been the question about Chris. Can he stay healthy

648
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,880
for going towards the fall. If he can do that,

649
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,200
I mean just to carry the Momentomy had towards the

650
00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:21,319
end of the season game against Oklahoma and then after that

651
00:29:21,839 --> 00:29:24,039
in the bowl game, he can be in for a

652
00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:26,039
big time year. See how he fits. He got. You

653
00:29:26,079 --> 00:29:27,960
also had a couple of transfers in as well, as

654
00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:33,079
we talked about Barrion Brown, Nick Anderson. He's shown some flashes.

655
00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:36,079
He had a great freshman year in Oklahoma, so his

656
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,359
thing is staying healthy as well. And he had in

657
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,680
the tiny ends trade as Green and you know what

658
00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:44,519
kind of mismatched problem. He is power shop, Dovin Jackson,

659
00:29:44,519 --> 00:29:48,799
those guys like that, It's going to be a lot

660
00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,759
to look at when you talk about how many who

661
00:29:52,079 --> 00:29:55,599
throw mean Donmond Green, but who are these guys that're

662
00:29:55,599 --> 00:29:57,799
gonna be the receiving options for this for this team.

663
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Speaker 3: As far as some of the younger guys Jason Sharon

664
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with greatnd football joining us right now, as far as

665
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some of the younger guys coming in in the spring,

666
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or you know a guy that maybe was on the

667
00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:10,839
team last year red shirted for whatever reason. I want

668
00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:13,200
to talk about Harlem Berry. First look, he's going to

669
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be the early enrolllye. And we know about Harlan Berry, right,

670
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,599
I mean, he was explosive in high school. He's the

671
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,079
number one running back in the country coming out. You

672
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:24,160
got Cayden Durham, you have Caleb Jackson. Those are really

673
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,599
the only two returners. I mean, Josh Williams is moving on.

674
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,480
You no longer have a John Emery. What do you

675
00:30:28,519 --> 00:30:29,720
want to see from Harlan Berry?

676
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Speaker 7: Harlem Berry is one of those unique talents, right, I

677
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,119
mean you talk about just I mean electrifying speed in

678
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,480
the open field. He's a playmaker. I mean, he he's

679
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,160
just got that special gear. He's going to be one

680
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,279
of those type of guys Lsu. You know, he's not

681
00:30:48,039 --> 00:30:51,240
like the big two hundred and thirty pounds running back

682
00:30:51,359 --> 00:30:54,200
every down back that we've seen in previous years from

683
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,880
other FOP star bats like Learn Fournette in the past,

684
00:30:57,079 --> 00:30:59,240
La Shoe. But this is a guy that can change

685
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,200
the game any given play. So he can be like

686
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,359
a like a gadget guy. You can you can do

687
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:08,119
tosses with him, jet sweeps, screens, just give him the

688
00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:11,240
ball in the open space. And and I really like JT.

689
00:31:11,359 --> 00:31:14,000
Lindsay as well coming in. That's another freshman that comes

690
00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:16,559
in in the Steine class at that running back position.

691
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:21,240
Uh So this running back position is looking much better

692
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,039
in terms of just overall death. And you know, we

693
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,359
got two guys that JT. Lindley he can be like

694
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,039
a he could be in every down back. And you

695
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,880
sprinkle that in with with harm Berry, who has that

696
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,119
ability like a Reggie Bush, you know, just to take

697
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,920
over a game. And he's just a human highlight reel.

698
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,039
But if you add those two guys together, you all

699
00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:43,759
know what can Durham can do. So if you just

700
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,240
he just needs some rests. I mean, he he pretty

701
00:31:46,319 --> 00:31:49,640
much was the l Shue running and running game last year.

702
00:31:49,759 --> 00:31:52,319
So if you can get anybody to help compliment that,

703
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,880
give him some rests, I think they can do that

704
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,599
with what two freshmen that can play a lot early on.

705
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Speaker 3: So you know, I kind of talked about this though

706
00:32:00,039 --> 00:32:02,680
opened the show earlier because you got Harlan Mary and JT.

707
00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:04,720
Lindsey coming in there. They're two of the best running

708
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backs in college football. You offered a preferred walk on

709
00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,839
spot to read Chouvan out of Episcopal.

710
00:32:10,319 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 5: Caleb Jackson, like he had so much.

711
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 3: Hype going around him coming into last season, he's kind

712
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,839
of the forgotten man in this room.

713
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Speaker 5: What do you expect from him in springball?

714
00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:24,039
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean for Bally, for Caleb, it's just getting

715
00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:27,960
down just just to really learn the offense no and

716
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,200
just being able to stick to that no one where

717
00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:34,160
what holes they hit, being patient. A lot of times.

718
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,720
I just thought that he wasn't patient. A lot of

719
00:32:36,799 --> 00:32:38,599
times he was just running through the back of an

720
00:32:38,839 --> 00:32:41,160
offensive limb and didn't really get to see the holes.

721
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,200
I know he struggled a lot with that last year,

722
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,160
and you know, and you know, he also bolt.

723
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Speaker 3: Up a little bit.

724
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Speaker 7: So hopefully you know, the strength conditioning program can get

725
00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:54,359
Caleb Jackson just a little bit under. I mean as

726
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,640
far as like leaning up him compared to last year

727
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,160
because he was coming bigger than what he should have been.

728
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,680
So just getting him healthy and just give him a

729
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,240
good weight to play with as well. Is this something

730
00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:10,079
that they're going I'm keeping an eye on with kle

731
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,759
and see how he moves as well with his wave

732
00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:15,240
because I know that was a problem in tall practice

733
00:33:15,319 --> 00:33:15,759
last year.

734
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Speaker 3: Smar Jace. We know that they have to replace Bo Davis.

735
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,119
That's going to be a tall task. As far as

736
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position groups though, going into spring practice, what is your

737
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,400
biggest question mark for this Tigers team?

738
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Speaker 7: I would say, and this was actually the spring that

739
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,319
was actually the stream going into camp last year. As

740
00:33:32,359 --> 00:33:35,000
the offensive line. Now, there's a lot of a lot

741
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,599
of question marks with the offensive line. Ay, Tom, you

742
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,880
have to replace two guys who are four year starters

743
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,160
or three year stars for you and Will Campbell and

744
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,559
Emery Jones. You have to replace those two guys, but

745
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,240
you have to all several replace two guys that are

746
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,359
multi year starters. There. Since beginning with Brian Kelly, as

747
00:33:55,359 --> 00:33:58,000
Garrett Downger and Miles Frazer. You have to replace those

748
00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:02,519
two as well. And you really have one returning starter

749
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,119
from last year and that's DJ Chester, and you know

750
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,719
he strove a little bit at center. So you were

751
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,840
able to get a couple of transwers coming in and

752
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:15,159
Josh Thompson from Northwestern and Braylan Moore who has started

753
00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,440
at center at Virginia Tech. So that's gonna be something

754
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,400
to keep an eye on to they move Chester to

755
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,639
guard and put more in at the center. Thompson just

756
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:26,519
looks like he's got the guard role, and it's Tyrie Adams.

757
00:34:26,559 --> 00:34:29,000
Is he ready to step up and be the left

758
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,280
tackle for Garrett nus moyerk who's going to be the

759
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right tackle. So there's a there's just a lot of

760
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:35,599
There's a lot of talent in that room. There's just

761
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,199
a lot of untemp potential and a lot of question

762
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,400
marks with that offensive line hanging into the spring. And

763
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,800
this is gonna be a big year to see what

764
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Brad Davis can.

765
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Speaker 4: Do with those guys.

766
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Speaker 3: Jace, before I get you out of here, look a

767
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,119
lot of people are talking about the pressure on Brian Kelly.

768
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,840
It's it's you know, is this the make or break

769
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,639
a year for him? Is this Brian Kelly's most talented

770
00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:56,800
team heading into a season.

771
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Speaker 7: I'm not sure about. I feel like it is just

772
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,400
getting more talented each and every year. But I think

773
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it's the most easily just like match in terms of

774
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,239
personnel just across the board, right like offensive line, you

775
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,960
have some talent there. It's just the reason that's the

776
00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:18,119
question mark is just all those guys haven't started in

777
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,400
SEC play, but you've got talent there. Uh. And then

778
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,280
you look at the defense, they're they're just building more

779
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,400
and more pieces, better pieces, uh, in terms of their

780
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,679
whole defense. And I saw it with not on transfer portal,

781
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,840
but the freshman class coming in DJ Pikett was a

782
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,639
big pick up as well in the secondary. So the

783
00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:38,920
secondary is showing up a little bit, getting back to

784
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where l was expected to be.

785
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:41,159
Speaker 2: DBU.

786
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Speaker 7: You know, what what to expect from the linebacking course

787
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,559
will be uh. As long as they're health healthy, especially

788
00:35:46,559 --> 00:35:49,039
Harold Perkins and what weeks is they can stay healthy,

789
00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:50,559
that's gonna be one of the best in the entire

790
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country in the front in the front four. Yeah, a

791
00:35:53,639 --> 00:35:55,519
lot of guys in again side have played a lot

792
00:35:55,639 --> 00:35:58,480
last year too, so offensively, you know you got the

793
00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:00,760
skill talent, you got the skilled weapons. The year It'smarck

794
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,320
comes back. So all across the board, that's a big

795
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,280
reason why LSU is a big year for them and

796
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,000
then projected to maybe make that next step in terms

797
00:36:11,079 --> 00:36:13,320
of competing for a college without playoffs, just because how

798
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:19,199
this is probably the most easily match personnel football team.

799
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,639
That is who's had across the boards as Brian Kelly's

800
00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:22,039
gone here.

801
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Speaker 3: Jase Lazern, grid Aron Football. Jase, thanks so much for

802
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:26,679
hopping on with us today, man, and.

803
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,079
Speaker 7: Hey time Taale, I appreciate it. Have yourself a good one.

804
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 3: That was Jason Lagern, grid Aron Football. We're gonna continue

805
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,679
our spring preview. That'll do it for today, but we'll

806
00:36:35,679 --> 00:36:37,719
continue our spring preview throughout the week. We'll look at

807
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,639
different position battles, top storylines heading into spring, and we'll

808
00:36:40,679 --> 00:36:43,079
keep an eye on who LSU hires as their next

809
00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:44,039
defensive line coach.

810
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Speaker 5: R We're gonna take a quick time out when we

811
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get back.

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Speaker 3: Will Campbell keeps taking an enormous amount of criticism in

813
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,880
this NFL combine heading into the draft, and I don't

814
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,760
really understand why. We'll talk about that on the other

815
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Speaker 3: Welcome back in final segment, hour number two to the

839
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edition of Off the Bench, Taylor Trup filling in for

840
00:38:03,039 --> 00:38:05,760
t Bob Abear and Jay Capstor. Thanks so much for

841
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,280
jas Lejern hopping on with us to preview a little

842
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,440
LSU spring football. We'll go from current LSU Tigers to

843
00:38:11,519 --> 00:38:15,800
a former LSU Tiger. Will Campbell is drawing a lot

844
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,559
of praise and a lot of doubters. At the NFL

845
00:38:18,639 --> 00:38:21,360
Combine look, Will Campbell ran a four to nine eight

846
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:22,800
in the forty yard dash. It was one of the

847
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,519
fastest times for any O lineman. He had the best

848
00:38:25,599 --> 00:38:28,559
standing broad jump of any O lineman at nine feet

849
00:38:28,679 --> 00:38:33,719
five inches. However, his arms are apparently a little bit

850
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,760
too short, And I just don't understand why so many

851
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,920
scouts and so many NFL executives try to be the

852
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,719
smartest guy in the room at all times. So anybody

853
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,280
who doesn't know, Will Campbell's arms measured at thirty two

854
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:52,519
and five eight inches. Apparently the standard minimum across the

855
00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:55,639
board for offensive tackles is around thirty four inches. Maybe

856
00:38:55,639 --> 00:38:59,039
a little bit smaller, So you're going to potentially pass

857
00:38:59,159 --> 00:39:01,519
up on what I believe is the best left tackle

858
00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:04,039
in this NFL draft because his arms are about an

859
00:39:04,159 --> 00:39:05,119
inch too short.

860
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 5: Who cares go look at what he did for three years.

861
00:39:08,519 --> 00:39:12,199
Speaker 3: He started thirty eight games at LSU at left tackle

862
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,159
in the SEC. Mel kiper Junior says, if you look

863
00:39:16,159 --> 00:39:19,400
at the big boards, it's projected that Campbell blocked against

864
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,320
fifteen guys who will go in the first and second

865
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,280
round of this upcoming NFL draft. He was a three

866
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,840
year starter in the SEC. Go look at his tape.

867
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,320
He won so many more matchups than he lost. He

868
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,840
was an excellent blocker. We talked about his run blocking

869
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,519
that got better as the year went along. Needs to

870
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:39,920
chill out on the fall starts, but once the ball

871
00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:43,519
is snapped, he is an elite left tackle. And you're

872
00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:46,880
gonna potentially pass up on this guy because his arms

873
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,159
are a little bit too short. But what about his

874
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,639
forty times? What about his standing broad jump? This guy's explosive.

875
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,519
He's an explosive athlete. He's also somebody that you could

876
00:39:56,519 --> 00:39:59,239
throw in there at tackle or guard. It's not much

877
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:03,000
different than Fuaga, who he talked about last year, played

878
00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:04,960
right tackle, he played left tackle, he played guard. Now,

879
00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:06,960
Campbell was such a good left tackle, he was your star,

880
00:40:07,039 --> 00:40:10,960
a wart there for three years. But Campbell is so versatile,

881
00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:14,039
so athletic, he can play a multiple spots. Don't pass

882
00:40:14,119 --> 00:40:17,159
up on this guy because you're worried about his arms

883
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,840
being too small. It's the same crap we hear all

884
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,199
the time about, oh, well, this quarterback's hand sizes are

885
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,320
too small. You throw all the tape out the window,

886
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,159
you throw all the numbers out the window. You don't

887
00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:29,000
care about all the big games that they won, and

888
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:32,119
you look at the hand sizes. For example, the three

889
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,880
biggest hand sizes in the NFL in terms of starting quarterbacks,

890
00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:42,840
Will Levis number one, Jordan Love number two, Anthony Richardson

891
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,079
number three. Seen a little bit of a pattern. Jordan

892
00:40:46,159 --> 00:40:49,760
Love has shown his flashes my opinion. He mean, I mean,

893
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:54,159
he hadn't done anything in about a year. Three guys

894
00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:57,039
that are in the top five smallest hand sizes in

895
00:40:57,079 --> 00:41:01,000
the NFL in terms of starting quarterbacks Joe Burrow, Jared Goff.

896
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,320
They're tied for the smallest hands in the NFL Baker

897
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,559
Mayfield at nine and a fourth. Those three guys are

898
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:08,199
a hell of a lot better than the three guys

899
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,559
I just mentioned who apparently have these massive hands, which

900
00:41:10,599 --> 00:41:13,880
is so important at the quarterback position. Stop with all

901
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,719
of this. Stop overthinking everything. Hand size doesn't matter with quarterbacks.

902
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,679
It's never mattered with quarterbacks. Arm links not going to matter.

903
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,320
As a left tackle. You could either play football or

904
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,760
you can't. You either have good technique, you either have

905
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,079
good feet. You either have the strength to block these

906
00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:30,440
guys or you don't. You're not gonna block this guy

907
00:41:30,519 --> 00:41:32,760
because your arms are thirty four inches instead of thirty

908
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,519
three inches. Stop overthinking everything. Will Campbell is a bona

909
00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:40,599
fide first round pick. He is the best left tackle

910
00:41:40,679 --> 00:41:44,039
in this draft. Don't pass up on a potential ten

911
00:41:44,159 --> 00:41:45,840
year guy that you can just plug in there at

912
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,559
left tackle and not worry about it for the next

913
00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:50,440
decade because his arms are about an inch shorter than

914
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,599
you would like them to be. I don't understand why

915
00:41:52,679 --> 00:41:54,519
gms do this. They do it time and time again,

916
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,679
scout to do it. They try to poke holes in

917
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,880
every little thing, and they don't look at the guy

918
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,880
that's right in front of you. I see a guy

919
00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:03,280
who is a three year starter at left tackle who

920
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,559
started thirty eight games in the SEC, who is six

921
00:42:05,639 --> 00:42:07,920
y six, who is three and twenty pounds, who ran

922
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,719
one of the fastest forty times and had the best

923
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,480
broad jump of any offensive lineman in the NFL draft.

924
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:15,760
That shows athleticism, It shows explosiveness, and Will Campbell's tape

925
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,599
speaks for itself. Stop with the arm size, stop with

926
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the hands, eyes, it doesn't matter. It's never matter. A

927
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:24,880
little bit of a rant there to close out hour

928
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,760
number two. Look, when we get to our number three,

929
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,039
Nick Underhill is going to hop on at his normal

930
00:42:29,119 --> 00:42:31,280
spot at nine am. I'm sure Nick's gonna have a

931
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,480
lot of thoughts on the NFL draft where the Saints

932
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should go there.

933
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Speaker 5: We may take a little NBA basketball, guys.

934
00:42:38,079 --> 00:42:40,119
Speaker 3: I watched a heck of a college basketball game last

935
00:42:40,199 --> 00:42:43,440
night involving one Cooper Flag and we'll we'll maybe get

936
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:45,760
into that a little bit a couple of NFL topics.

937
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,440
I want to hit a shad Or Sanders still QB

938
00:42:47,519 --> 00:42:49,079
two in this NFL draft. That's all coming up in

939
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our number three. Off off the bench, Off the bench,

940
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it's a dunking.

941
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Speaker 4: Like Jordan's good.

942
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,639
Speaker 8: It feels like maybe somebody else needs to go to

943
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your goodwood dot com and check out what they've got

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